Abbé Pierre

The Reverend
Abbé Pierre
Pierre in 1999
Born
Henri Marie Joseph Grouès

(1912-08-05)5 August 1912
Lyon, France
Died22 January 2007(2007-01-22) (aged 94)
Paris, France
Known forFounder of Emmaus
Political partyMRP
Member of the National Assembly
for Meurthe-et-Moselle
In office
1 October 1945 – 4 July 1951

Abbé Pierre (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès; 5 August 1912 – 22 January 2007) was a French Catholic priest. He was a member of the Resistance during World War II and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement. In 1949, he founded the Emmaus movement, with the goal of helping poor and homeless people. For several decades, he was one of the most popular public figures in France. Allegations of sexual abuse of at least 57 women, as well as several underage girls, emerged in 2024 and 2025.

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